The "Rio"
If you have been to the World Series in the past two years at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino then you have been in the Amazon Room. If you have followed the Series on the many media outlets doing tournament reporting, then you still must feel like you know the Amazon room; we all talk about it so much. Well in the spirit of “getting better every year” the Harrah’s folks have a new layout for the Amazon room this year. Let me take you on a virtual tour.
Whether you have been in the room or not, I think you will be able to follow along. Imagine a huge convention room filled with poker tables with two wide aisles crossing in the center of the room. These aisles divide the room into four big quadrants of approximately equal size. Let’s stand right at that crossroads. You will notice there are two rows of cages with multiple windows at each end of the room. So let’s stand facing the far wall, so the cages are on our far left and our far right. One half of the room lies in front of us and one half behind; let’s talk about what is in front of us first.
To the left, in the front quarter of the room for those who have been there are the tables that last year were the cash games. This year this will be the satellite area for single, double and triple table satellites. Those satellites will be run from cashier cages right up there in the front of the room and that is where the satellite kiosk will be for seating and payouts. The other quadrant, which was the satellite area last year, is now the cash game area. The satellite and cash sections of the room have flip-flopped from last year.
